Wall-paper exhibitor



(No Model.)

A. H. PEATS.

WALL PAPER EXHIBITOR. No. 454,494 Patented June 23, 1891.

WI/Wm! UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED II. PEA'IS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WALL-'PAPER EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,494, dated June 23,1891.

Application filed March 13,1890. gerial No. 343,809. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED Il. PEATS, of Chicago, in the county of Cook,State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Exhibiting Sainples of Wall-Paper and Border; and I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the exhibition of samplesof wall-paper and border at the same time and conjunctively, the borderbeing in its relative place with the paper just as it would appear uponthe walls of a house, and also to facilitate the formation of newcombinations, changing with ease the paper or border until a combinationis found which strikes the fancy of the cus tomer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the principal part of the same viz.,the part which holds the samples to be exhibited; and Fig. 3, atransverse section through the upper part of the stand, showing adetail.

The apparatus consists of a stand with an ordinary flat top having twoarms F F projecting backward from it for the purpose of holding thesamples when not in use. At the front of the stand is a wooden leaf A,working upon hinges at G, Fig. 2, and capable of being raised or loweredat will to any desired angle,being adjustable by means of the hingedtoothed bar X, which passes through a slot in the frame of the stand,the lower edge of which forms a stop.

The samples of wallpaper and border are fastened to bars I]. and E,several samples being attached to each bar, and the bars E, to which thesamples of border are attached, are somewhat (about one or two inches)longer than the bars II, to which the samples of wallpaper are attached,for reasons which will appear farther on, Each bar is formed,preferably, of two strips of wood or other suitable material securedtogether in any convenient manner, with the samples held between them,as shown; Immediately above the wooden leaf .A, and attached to thestand near the front corners thereof, are two hooks B. Into these hooksthe bars II, containing samples of wall-paper, are laid, allowing thepaper 76 to lie flat upon the leaf A. Near the front of the flat top ofthe apparatus, and hence above the parts just mentioned, are two otherhooks O O, curved in the opposite direction from the hooks B B. Thehooks C are pivotally connected to the frame at their inner ends, sothat they may be thrown forward and back at will, and by having theirpivotal ends joined in a rod 0, passing loosely through the frame fromside to side below the top, force exerted upon one hook will produce theoperation of both.

To use my device a bar of samples (technically called a book) is placedin the hooks B B, and the sheets are successively turned back over thefiat top until a sample is seen that strikes the customers fancy. A barcontaining samples of border 6 is then placed beneath. the hooks O G,which are turned back on their pivots to receive the bar and thenlowered over it to retain it in place, and successive sheets are turnedback until a combination of paper and border is found which suits. Thebars E E, containing the border, being longer than the bars H H,containing the wall-paper, and the hooks C 0 being farther apart thanthe hooks B B, the wall-paper from the bars II can be turned back overthe flat top and laid between the hooks C C, and when the bar E is putin place it rests upon the turned-back wall-paper, thus holding itagainst slipping down over the samples exposed. The samples of bordercan then be turned back leaf by leaf and as often as de sired until aselection is made. The distance between the arms F is less than thelength of the bars H, so that the latter, as well as the bars E, may,when not in use, be supported 011 those arms in the manner shown.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wall-paper exhibitor, the combination, with a stand having aflat top, of bars II and E for carrying samples of wallpaper and borderand a support at the front of the stand below the plane of the top toreceive and sustain the bar II, substantially as described.

2. In a wall-paper exhibitor, the combination, with. a stand having aflat top, of bars H and E for carrying samples of wall-paper and border,a support at the front of the stand tion, with a stand having a Hat top,of a leaf A, hinged to the front of the stand neanthe top, adjustingmeans for supporting theleaf at different angles, hooks B, secured tothe front of the: stand aboveitheleafA, and pivotal hooks 0, extendingabove the top of the stand, substantially as described.

:5; Ina wall-paper exhibitor, the stand A, having'afi'at top and armsRextendingba'ckward from the lateral edges thereof, bars II and E forcarrying the samples of wall-paper and border, a supportat the frontofthestand below the plane of thetop to receive and sustain the bar H,and securing means upon the -H and E, carrying samples of wall-paper andtop of the stand for the bar E, substantially as described.

6. A wall-paper exhibitor comprising the stand having a flat top andarms F, extending backward from the lateral edges thereof, leaf A,hinged to the front of the stand below its top, toothed bar 00, hingedto the inner face of the leaf and engaging witha stop on the stand,whereby the leaf may be adjusted to different angles, hooks B upon thefront of the stand above the leafA, and pivotal hooks V 0, extending.above the top of the stand and farther apart than the hooks B, wherebybars 4O border, may be conveniently stored upon the arms F and severallytransferredto the? hooks B and O for exhibition of the samples,substantially as described. i

e In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix mysignature in presence of twowitnesses. I

ALFREIT II. PEATS'.

Witnesses: CHAS. ll GAYLORD, OSCAR B. M. GLAssoN.

